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Jan-Magnus Bruheim ( 15 February 1914 – 10 August 1988) was a Norwegian poet and children's writer.


Biography

Bruheim was born at
Skjåk Skjåk is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bismo. Most of the municipal residents live in the Billingsdalen ...
in
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, Norway. He was the son of Mathias Bruheim (1882–1967) and Torø Jonsdotter Lund (1880–1929). After graduation from gymnasium, Bruheim spent one year at Viken kristelege ungdomsskole at
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. From 1958 to 1961 he was a teacher at Øygardskulen in Skjåk. He published over forty books including twenty poetry collections and a range of children's books with poems and rhyme. His first poetry collection was ''Stengd dør'' from 1941. Among his children's books are ''Skrythøna'' from 1956, ''Røyskatten'' from 1961, and ''Doggmorgon'' from 1977. He was awarded the
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in 1963. He died at his home in
Skjåk Skjåk is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bismo. Most of the municipal residents live in the Billingsdalen ...
during 1988.


References


Related reading

* Eide, Ove, (editor), Magnhild Bruheim (illustrator
''Dikt i utval. Jan-Magnus Bruheim''
(Skjåk kommune forlag)


External links


Jan-Magnus Bruheim website
1914 births 1988 deaths People from Skjåk Nynorsk-language writers Norwegian male poets Norwegian educators Norwegian children's writers 20th-century Norwegian poets 20th-century Norwegian male writers {{Norway-writer-stub